Vacation Food!!

Well, as promised, here are some of the fabulous dishes my catering manager whipped up on my vacation a week ago. Featured is the Panini! Muenster cheese with red peppers and spinach. Side dish of cherries, and Diet Cherry Coke. I learned on this trip that I love panini, and once I move somewhere with a regular sized kitchen and pantry, I will immediately get myself a Krupps Panini Press.

Some of my favorites didn’t photograph well. These included coconut crusted tofu with peach salsa and fresh corn with chili-lime butter, black bean soup, and red lentil soup. I also had some fabulous vegetarian sushi in NYC, and amazing fish and chips at the Long Valley Pub and Brewery. We called ahead for a reservation, and had a nice table by the window in a semi-secluded spot with a tablecloth.

This eggplant parmigiana might be my favorite dish ever. No one makes it nearly as well as my sister or my father. It melts in your mouth. Really the best I’ve ever had.

Grilled zucchini, onions, and squash with fresh ricotta on a seeded bread. Fruit salad on the side with blueberries, cherries, strawberries, and peaches, tossed in orange juice.

This sandwich had oodles of fresh mozzerella, with spinach and red peppers and walnut pesto. On the side is a spinach-strawberry salad.

Squash and zucchini from a friend’s garden. It was amazing! I brought some back and I’m hoping to make my own version of the Chocolate Zucchini cupcakes this week. I’m thinking of making the batter, and instead of doing a cake or cupcakes, baking it in two 9×5 loaf pans.